I had install Linux mint 14 mate desktop to my laptop few days back.After that i connect to internet using my USB mobile broadband dongle and update the OS.Then i install few software's and drivers.After restart when i try to connect to internet using same usb dongle it connected.Network manager applet shows that it connect to the internet.But when i try to open Firefox it says 'server not found'.I had tried with opera and Google chrome and got the same results.I tried several times after restart the computer and got the same results.
My firewall settings are turnoff.I can connect to internet using same dongle in windows 7.What should i do.How can i correct that error.

kedarp

12-12-2012 11:46 AM

Try to ping www.google.com through the terminal and see if it is connected.

Ask your ISP's technician what is the Domain Name Server IP. He will certainly give you that ip number, it is a must under the contract. Then, for example, you are given such number as: 88.888.888.88 and your ISP's domain, say, is called forsale.corporation.com you will simply do this in the terminal:

Quote:

echo "88.888.888.88 forsale.corporation.com" >> /etc/resolv.conf

Then restart the internet protocol or network manager.

Launch firefox and see if it can travel now from west to east :) .

HOpe that helps.

Good luck.

malekmustaq

12-13-2012 11:40 PM

Quote:

cat /etc/resolv.conf
cat: /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory

You may create the file. The command I gave above will automatically create the file if it did not exist:

Quote:

echo "88.888.888.88 forsale.corporation.com" > /etc/resolv.conf

Use only one (1) of this " > " it creates a fresh file at the /etc directory.

Good luck.

markush

12-14-2012 01:26 AM

You could easily

Code:

echo "nameserver ip-of-the-nameserver" > /etc/resolv.conf

And you can check this ip-adress when you have your Windows-box connected to the internet with the same device, execute on the Windowscomputer in the dosshell (cmd)

Code:

ipconfig /all

there will also the DNS-server(s) be listed.
The syntax for /etc/resolv.conf is

Code:

nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy

and so on.

Markus

sanjayagayan

12-14-2012 11:19 AM

Above posts work on me.Now i can connect to internet in linux mint.Thank you very much for all.